Strong for Illustration Friday – Cut Paper Art
Cut paper mounted on gessoed wood panel.
UPDATE: Strong Kitty for Illustration Friday.
Another Papercut Birdie
Summer’s Silhouette
Umbrella Bird
Cut paper (and tissue paper!) mounted on 140 lb. watercolor paper.
Library Thing
Ultimate geekathon: add all your books to your profile on Library Thing! Sunday afternoons are for things like this.
Here’s my list of some of the books in my bookcrates (milkcrates): http://www.librarything.com/catalog/ruralpearl
Three Horses in the Late Afternoon
From a late afternoon drive in the country (the best time to do it if you ask me).
Tiny Bird in a Tiny Frame
Some prep work for a few art fairs coming up.
Teeny Tiny Baby Bird Papercutting
Size comparison with an old nickel.
Night Friends
Tissue Paper Experiment #243
Cut Tissue Paper.. Maybe not experiment #243.. more like #3 or 4.
PROS and CONS of Cut Tissue Paper:
Pros: Beautiful layered look because of transparency; makes great backdrop for dark silhouettes; it’s paper and you can cut it; it has a wonderful textured look once mounted.
Cons: It bleeds when you apply the glue to mount it (there is non-bleeding paper and I’m awaiting a shipment to give it a try); there isn’t a huge selection of color options – the colors I’m looking for are eluding me; it can bubble, stretch, and tear, especially when you are applying larger sections; it does not scan so well – will try using camera in future to get the image to computer.
I’m going to keep experimenting with it. I have a good feeling about it.